Canada's Wind Mobile has announced that it will be offering the BlackBerry Priv. The carrier has not announced pricing for the phone or release date, with the Wind Mobile store listing saying only that it is "coming soon". With the phone shipping on November 6, it's likely that Wind will see it arrive on the network on or close to that date.
The Priv is BlackBerry's first Android-powered handset. It features a slide-out hardware keyboard, a 5.4-inch display, and 32GB of storage, expandable with a microSD card. It's powered by a Snapdragon 808 processor, 3GB of RAM, and an 18MP camera.
Pre-orders for the Priv recently went live in the US, UK, and Canada, with the Canadian model coming in at CA$899, and both Rogers and Telus have also announced plans to carry the phone.
Source: Wind Mobile
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